PAPER CUP PROJECT

Registered charity 1181449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To help relieve poverty among rough sleepers, homeless and those at risk of homelessness , including, but not exclusively, food, clothing, support and signposting to statutory services, to enable a route out of homelessness so every person can achieve their full potential.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS, FACING HOMELESSNESS OR ROUGH SLEEPERS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF OUTREACH SERVICES INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF CLOTHING, BEDDING, FOOD AND DRINKS, INFORMATION, ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND SIGNPOSTING TO STATUTORY AND OTHER VOLUNTARY AGENCIES SO THAT EACH PERSON CAN FIND A ROUTE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS AND ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing resource of £5,242 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted reserves from £21,215 to £18,473. The trustees confirm that the current level of free reserves is adequate to meet financial objectives for the foreseeable future, and the going concern basis of accounting is adopted.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Papercup Project (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam David Settlechair
• Kevin Keith
• Michael Rick
• Patrick James Smith
• Paul Polhill
• Robyn Callander

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Side by side with its peers

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